Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Wheaton v. Wiant

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1868PublishedCited by 52 opinions

This was an application for mandamus, to compel the county treasurer of Du Page county to transfer his office and place of business from PTaperville to Wheaton, in that county.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker

The respondent is the county treasurer of Du Page county, and is keeping his office, as such, at PTaperville, and the object of this proceeding is to compel him to remove it to, and keep it at Wheaton. PTaperville, it is admitted, was the county seat of that county, and still is, unless it has been changed under the provisions of the constitution and an act of the legislature, approved Feb. 13,1867. By that act, the voters were authorized to vote upon the question of removing the county seat from PT aperville to the town of Wheaton. A vote was had at the time, and in the manner required by…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Boren v. SmithIllinois Supreme Court · 1868
  2. Moore v. HoisingtonIllinois Supreme Court · 1863

3Cited by52 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Wilson v. SalomonIllinois Supreme Court · 1869
  2. State v. SwiftIndiana Supreme Court · 1880
  3. Jones v. Commissioners of Person CountySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
  4. State Ex Rel. Wahl v. SpeerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1920
  5. State ex rel. Little v. LanglieNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1896

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